The Tunbridge Miscellany [T52001]

DMI number:

332

Aliases

Tunbridge miscellany

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

Publication Date:

1712

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T52001

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW110273254

Shelfmark:

BOD G. Pamph. 1617 (1)

Full Title:

THE | Tunbridge-Miscellany: | Consisting of | POEMS, &c. | Written at [i]Tunbridge-Wells[/i] this Summer. | By Several Hands. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [ornament] | [rule] | [i]LONDON[/i], | Printed for E. CURLL at the Dial and Bible, against | St. [i]Dunstan[/i]'s Church in [i]Fleetstreet.[/i] M DCC XII.

Epigraph:

[i]Carminibus meritas celebrare Puellas | Dos mea.[/i] Ovid.

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Octavo

Price:

n/a

Pagination:

[2], [3]-30, 1-8 pp.

Bibliographic details:

Note that ECCO copy has a range of other material (including engraved musical settings) interpolated with the Tunbridge Miscellany. Case lists half-title with a book list on the verso but this is not present in BOD G. Pamph. 1617 (1).

Comments:

Contents: Prose items (Letters to the Spectator) pp. 21-25. Query: genre: add new genre 'location-specific collection'.

Other matter:

Back matter: Catalogue of Books and Pamphlets sold by Curll, 8pp.

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Title:

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Publication Date:

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ESTC No:

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Volume:

None

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Title:

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Publication Date:

1714

ESTC No:

T179608

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

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Publication Date:

1713

ESTC No:

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Volume:

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Relationship:

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Comments:

Title:

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Publication Date:

1713

ESTC No:

T135334

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Related People

Publisher:

Edmund Curll

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed for E. CURLL at the Dial and Bible, against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet.'

Content/Publication

First Line:

Now happy spring retrieve thy sinking name

Page No:

pp.3-4

Poem Title:

The Shining Sisters.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fair nymph ascend to beauty's throne

Page No:

pp.5-6

Poem Title:

To my Lady Sunderland, at Tunbridge-Wells

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Art thou mad poet what extol the race

Page No:

pp.7-8

Poem Title:

To the Author of the Foregoing Poem.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Soon as the herald of the rising day

Page No:

pp.9-16

Poem Title:

The Tunbridge-Toasts

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let others in deserved oblivion pass

Page No:

pp.17-20

Poem Title:

Bellamira.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Since you great censor bear Britannia's weight

Page No:

p.20

Poem Title:

The Swingers Describ'd: In the following Letters to the Spectator.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A pretty new diversion this

Page No:

pp.26-27

Poem Title:

Upon Sight of Chloris Swinging.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When first the Tatler to a mute was turned

Page No:

p.28

Poem Title:

An Epigram on the Spectator.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When boys at Eton once a year

Page No:

pp.29-30

Poem Title:

The Favourite. A Simile.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed